[olug] Unix Tip: DISPLAY ENTIRE BLOCKS

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DISPLAY ENTIRE BLOCKS

To display entire blocks of text 
which contain a certain pattern, 
this one-liner can be used:

cat file | perl -e "$/=''; while (<>) {print if /pattern/)}"

Of course, this can be put in a 
perl-script pgrep:

#!/bin/perl
$/='';
while (<>) 
{print if /pattern/)}



This tip generously supported by: hmthage at wanadoo.nl






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